Hiatus Kaiyote Performs ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’
Watch the band assemble at their Melbourne recording studio to perform songs from the recently released Mood Valiant LP.
By Scott Bernstein Aug 4, 2021 • 12:38 pm PDT
Australia’s Hiatus Kaiyote decorated their The Villa recording studio in Melbourne with all sorts of props in time to film a new installment of NPR Music’s
Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series. The quartet was joined by backing vocalists for performances of five songs from their latest album,
“I’m a treasure hunter at heart,” frontwoman
Nai Palm told NPR Music, “and the beautiful thing about dressing a set with sentimental artifacts from my house is that I feel super comfy to perform.” Palm, bassist
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit stripped-down sets, an intimate setting just a different space.
Melbourne alt-soul collective Hiatus Kaiyote tricked out its avant-garde recording studio, The Villa, and lathered it with props: a miniature desk, alien costumes, and loads of furry friends. Frontwoman Nai Palm shared with me the impetus behind the design. I m a treasure hunter at heart, she said, and the beautiful thing about dressing a set with sentimental artifacts from my house is that I feel super comfy to perform. Every intricate detail of this Tiny Desk (home) concert evokes feelings of coziness, psychedelia and joyful performance art.